2018 (4) TMI 232

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....ushotham, Advocate & Shri Manoranjan Paikaray, Advocate JUDGMENT FPA-FE-237/CHD/2002 A stay petition for waiver of pre-deposit of penalty of Rs. 10 lakhs imposed by the adjudicating authority vide his impugned order dated 23.04.2002 has been filed alongwith the appeal. The learned Counsel for the appellant Mr. R.S. Suri stated the following: a. that there is no one by the name of....

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....ndent stated the following: a. that there is no prima facie case in favour of the appellant b. that the appellant is one Mr. Ram Nath and not Mr. M.S. Cheera as mentioned by the learned counsel for the appellant although he did agree that the impugned order has recorded that Mr. M.S. Cheera resident of U.K. tried to impersonate Shri Ram Nath, the noticee c. that Mr. M.S.....

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....ow they should have deposited the said amount since its an appeal of 2002. I have given my careful considerations to the above arguments and also perused the documents on record. Briefly, the case is that one Shri Ram Nath a person resident in India acquired foreign exchange amounting to GBP5983430.13 plus interest in his account in the Bank of India, Paris Branch. The said amount was acquired ....

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....persons are found guilty." The above judgment was in the context of fake passport issued by the Passport office, Guwahati to M.S. Cheera in the name of Mr. Ram Nath. But it does not throw any light on the existence or otherwise of Mr. Ram Nath the noticee in this case. The impugned order has discussed in detail the involvement of Mr. Ram Nath. Coming to the merits of the present case for the....